May The Farce Be With You

Posted by Adam Kuban, October 7, 2004 at 8:00 AM

Sadly, stories about pizza delivery drivers getting jacked are a dime a dozen (it's a dangerous job), so Slice rarely reports on them.

This story, however, is priceless (and we can only laugh because the victim was unharmed, well, except for that stun-gun shocking):

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — A man dressed up as Darth Vader used the infamous disguise to scare, and then try to rob, an unsuspecting pizza deliveryman over the weekend. Investigators in Kissimmee have been trying to find him ever since.

Dearmas says a Pizza Best employee drove to a home on Oak Drive in Kissimmee on Sunday night to deliver a pizza. He knocked on the door and then returned to his car after no one answered the door.

Once inside his car, a man wearing black Star Wars clothing, including a Darth Vader mask, approached him and ordered to give him money. The pizza deliveryman was able to drive away, but not before the suspect pulled a stun gun from his pocket and shocked him.

Ah, the force is weak in this one. A true Jedi pizza thief would have used his mind tricks to pilfer those pies, not a Taser. And is it just us, or is Darth Vader out of the Star Wars context just inherently funny?

Darth Vader, of course, reminds us of Dark Helmet in Mel Brooks's Star Wars parody Spaceballs. Spaceballs, as you recall, featured a character named Pizza the Hut (right), who has at times served as our unofficial mascot.

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